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l0-HN ROSS, OF GREENVILLE, -MICHILGAN.. l

Letters Patent llTo. 63,099, dated ll/[flTcL-IQ, 1866.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAINS.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that L'JOHN ROSS, of Greenville, in the county of Montcalm,and State of Michigan, have invented a newv and useful ImprovcrnentinAtmospheric Fountains' and I do hereby deelare'that the following is afull, clear, andexuct'description thereof, which will enable othersskilled inthe art to ineke and use the same, referencev being had. totheaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whieh-Figure 1 is a central longitudinal rsection of the apparatus.

Figure 2 is a plan.. v i

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. v

vThis invention consists in improvements in aparlor atmosphericfountain, rendering it lmore convenient, cleanly, and ornamental by theapplication of a pump for elevziting the water to the upper chamber,.anda novel arrangement of pipes conveying air and wal-ter to the diiferentchambers. Fountains of this kind are not'ew in the principle of theiroperation through the pressure of the air produced ,by acolumn of waterdescending from a receiver at the top to a lower chamber, and forcingthe air contained in it; into an ,upper chamber partially{illedwitlrwnter, and thence through ajct pipe to issue above; but theapparatus, as hitherto constructed, has been quite imperfect, requiringfrequent attention to refill the receiver by drawing the water oif fromthe lower chamber and pouring it. by hand into the upper one, as wellasthe receiver. By my improvement of adding a pump and* other modications,the sume water once introduced is easily'worlred over and over withtrifling attention.-

A is an air-tight chamber in the loiver part, and B a similar chamber inthe upper partof the vessel, sep-A aratedbya space, C, of indelinitesize, according to the desired height of the jet of the fountain. On thetop of the chamber B is an open basin or receiver, D, within which4 isplaced a number of small vases or other" receptacles, a a, for holdinglcut flowers. Zz bis a jet pipe soldered in the centre of the basin D,with a rose spout, if desired', on the upper end, and running down tothe lowest part of the chamber B. a c is a pipe, also soldered in thebottom of the basin D, with a wire gauze onthe upper end to preventleaves, fte., clogging the'pipe, and running down to the lower part ofthe chamber A. d (Z is an air pipe communicating between the-chamber Aand the chamber'B.- e e is ay pipe .connecting thc'chambers A. and B. Eis a force-pump, attached to the side of the chamber A, fromthe' lowerpart of which it draws water, elevating'it through the pipeff into theupper chamber B. In the pipe e e is a stop-cock, g. At the bottom ofthechamber is a faucet,` L, andl in the jet pipe b bis afstop-cock, z'. Onthe top of the chamber 13 and -surrounding the basin D, is set a rim, 7cc, divide-tl:

into compartments for receiving earth or placing ornamental vases orflower-pots for living plants.

The operation is as follows The lfaucet .7L and stop-'cocks y beingclosed, water is poured into the basin D, which runs through the pipe cc into the lower chamber A, by` whichvthea-ir is compressed and forced'up I,

throhgh thepipedcl into the chamber B. The pump E 'then forces the waterfrom A into D. By opening/thestop-cock z'the water will then be/forcedby the compressed air through thejet pipe Z1 b ar'd fall in spray-inthe'basin D, frein which it will run lthrough theV pipe c e back into thechamber A. The fountain will continue-tp play and the operation becontinued for some time,V according tothe sizeof the apparatus and the'volumefof the jet until equilibrium is restored. By pumping thewater-again the operation will be easily renewed. When it is desired tochange the water the stop-cocky is opened and the water drawn oifthrough the faucet i.

Having described the construction and operatioirof my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i y v Theconzibination and arrangement ofthe receiver D, chambers A and B, jetpipe b, pipe c, airpipe el, pipe c pump E, pipe j', stop-cocks g h ande', substantially las described for the purpose specified.

` JOI-IN ROSS.

Witnesses W. C. SHRWOOD, D. W. DAY.

